crywolf2010 Posted September 25, 2010 Share Posted September 25, 2010 after trying all the atypicals for schizo without much luck. my pdoc said i would have to try one of the older ones. he mentioned a few. one caught my eye fluphenazine coz it says here on wikipedia http://en.wikipedia....ki/Fluphenazine that its extremely potent more potent than haldol. has anyone been on prolixin before what are your experiences with it.? i know its old and prolly hardly used anymore but if the atypicals are meant to be bigger and better then they should have worked for me. i tried clozapine as a last hope coz thats what its there for when nothing else works. unfortunately i was on it for a year coz they had to increase it slowly. just made me drool a shit load and put tonnes of weight on and plus it didnt help with the schizo. thats why im asking about prolixin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crywolf2010 Posted September 25, 2010 Author Share Posted September 25, 2010 could some1 plz offer an explanation to why no one is responding. yes i know hardly ne one is on it anymore coz of the atypicals. but SURELY someone has been on it in the past im just after some opinions about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netsavy006 Posted September 25, 2010 Share Posted September 25, 2010 Relax. I know you are awaiting a response but sometimes it's going to take some time. Just give it a little longer. Someone I'm sure will reply when they see the message if they have an answer. Best of luck, Andy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SashaSue Posted September 26, 2010 Share Posted September 26, 2010 Unfortunately, I can't remember seeing anyone here taking prolixin. If anyone is, or has, hopefully they'll turn up soon. I don't really think it's correct to say the atypicals are meant to be bigger and better than the typicals. They're just different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crywolf2010 Posted September 26, 2010 Author Share Posted September 26, 2010 one nurse told me back in the olden days people who used to stay in psych wards for months now stay there for weeks and those who used to stayed for weeks now stay there for days coz the antipsychotics had gotten "better" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkendHour Posted September 27, 2010 Share Posted September 27, 2010 I LOVE fluphenazine! Its the only AP that really helped me out of all the AP's and AAP's I've been on. I don't recall any side effects that were bothersome either, just the normal sleepiness when starting (normal for me). As soon as I have prescription coverage again I'll be back on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stars Posted October 30, 2010 Share Posted October 30, 2010 I've had a really tough time taking anything, due to TD. I just got out of the hospital and they have me on Prolixin and so far so good. I'm on several other things too. Hope it works for you and me. R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drugz Posted October 30, 2010 Share Posted October 30, 2010 I was on prolixin for quite a while...it really helped as far as the psychotic symptoms. For me prolixin took away all my psychotic symptoms, no more hallucinations, delusions, paranoia. I will say though as far as side effects..it made me tired most of the time, especially the first few days. I can't really remember how my moods were..i don't think i was up and down, just down. Which is nothing new for me. I stopped getting it every two weeks and stretching it longer and longer until i eventually felt i didn't need it. Plus it was starting to hurt whenever i got the injection so that was another reason to stop l0l. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stars Posted October 31, 2010 Share Posted October 31, 2010 Side effects are so different for everyone. Prolixin is energizing for me. So much so i was awaking in the middle to the night. pdoc decided it was the topamax. I am now on topa in the am and continue with prolixin in pm. prolixin 10 mig at hs Trilepptral (oxcarbazeprine) 600 mg hs Topamax 100 mg am Seroquel 25 mg has Klonopin 2mg hs cogentin 1 mg bid. benadryl 25 mg hs. They had to put me on something, I was talking to my self constantly and looking up ways to kill myself on the net and people were afraid of me due to me talking to myself. Also I talk nonstop , pressured speech. so, even though I have TD for sure, mouth issue, mouth blowing and a tremor when I smile, I hare to take these meds. I think the polixin is a savior for me. I think it is wonderful. It reminds me of the stelazine I took for years. the only downside is the topamax has made me stupid, but better stupid than crazy.I am still talking to my self and have pressure speech but I go into the out patient program next week and see my regular pdoc next week/ Good luck to you. I think the prolixin is a good drug and nothign wrong with it. I'm still on edge however b/c as I type this I feel like crying. Thank Goodness for spell check b/c I can barely think and my spelling is gawd awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riley78 Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 Ive taken it for 10 years at 5 mg but I just went up to 7 mg. It works very well. I tried almost everything else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steves Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 I take 50mg of the deconate every3 weeks works well for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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